Provision of 61 Nursing Home Beds at Priscilla Wakefield House

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Haringey Council - Traffic Management awarded a contract to Magicare Limited for a block contract of 61 nursing home beds at Priscilla Wakefield House.

The contract was awarded under the Negotiated Procedure without prior publication in accordance with Regulation 32 of the Public Contract Regulations 2015, justified on the grounds that competition was absent for technical reasons.

The market for residential and nursing care in the sub-region (Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Haringey, and Islington) is very tight, with demand outstripping the supply of nursing beds.

Priscilla Wakefield House is one of only two nursing homes in Haringey and the only one currently rated at Good or above.

There are 77 Haringey residents currently living at Priscilla Wakefield House, all of whom are extremely vulnerable and frail, and many are very elderly.

It would not be possible to find alternative nursing care accommodation in the borough for these residents, or in boroughs adjacent to Haringey, where existing residents would be able to live together and receive the same quality of care.

Therefore, there are no reasonable alternatives or substitutes for this provision in-borough or in the surrounding boroughs.

The contract value is AUD 15,412,751.